Men accused in shooting case back in court

The two men accused in a chase and shooting at a deputy sheriff's car last week were again rescheduled for further arraignment Wednesday in Mendocino County Superior Court.

Walter K. Miller, 42, of Ukiah, allegedly leaned out the passenger window of a 1995 Thunderbird driven by his co-defendant, Christopher Skaggs, 30, of Redwoood Valley, and shot at deputy Darren Brewster's pursuing patrol car, hitting the radiator and disabling the car about two miles after turning onto the winding Highway 253 south of Ukiah in the Feb. 25 high-speed chase.

Public Defender Linda Thompson, who represents Skaggs, said she needed two more weeks to go over discovery from the Mendocino County District Attorney's Office, which she expected would also include video, interviews and blood testing results.

Burt Schlosser of the Alternate Public Defender's Office, who represents Miller, concurred. Both men are due back in court to enter their pleas in the case on March 26.

They face attempted murder and assault with a firearm, as well as first-degree burglary and robbery after items reported stolen from a Redwood Valley home earlier the same night were found in the abandoned T-bird, left in a driveway in the 6000 block of Highway 253. The two are also suspected in a robbery and burglary incident reported Feb. 19, according to the MCSO.

Skaggs is held at the Mendocino County Jail under $1.25 million; Miller's bail is $1.6 million.

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